The BEST episodes of Horizon season 1974
Every episode of Horizon season 1974, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Horizon season 1974!
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#1 - Who Needs Skills?
Season 1974 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/24/1974
In this episode of Horizon, you learn about transferring the basis of modern industry production from human skills to computer programmed machines.
#2 - The Lysenko Affair
Season 1974 - Episode 32 - Aired 12/30/1974
Horizon presents a dramatized documentary on the rise to power of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko, a young Ukrainian agriculturalist.
#3 - How on Earth Did They Do That?
Season 1974 - Episode 31 - Aired 12/23/1974
This documentary by Horizon reports on the development of cinematographic special effects from 1890's to date.
#4 - The Neglected Harvest
Season 1974 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/16/1974
Horizon investigates the developments and research in forestry which may now help to overcome shortage of timber.
#5 - Joey
Season 1974 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/9/1974
This story by Horizon reconstructs the true life story of Joey Deacon.
#6 - The Other Way
Season 1974 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/11/1974
Horizon presents Dr. Schumacher's theory that use of modern technology could make the working week a creative experience.
#7 - The First Signs of Washoe
Season 1974 - Episode 27 - Aired 11/4/1974
Horizons reviews the scientific work of Americans in the field of research in communication with animals.
#8 - Do as You Are Told
Season 1974 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/28/1974
This report by Horizon explores how far people are prepared to suppress their own moral scruples in the face of necessity to obey authority.
#9 - An Unholy Scramble
Season 1974 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/2/1974
Horizon investigates some of the risks and problems involved in bringing oil from the North Sea ashore.
#10 - Adam or Eve?
Season 1974 - Episode 24 - Aired 8/12/1974
This episode of Horizon investigates the role that hormones play in the stages of mammalian sexual development.
#11 - Listen and Be Loyal
Season 1974 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/5/1974
Horizon brings you a report by Tom Harrison on anti-nazi propaganda in Britain during World War II.
#12 - What Price Steak?
Season 1974 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/29/1974
Horizon reports on the beef crisis and rising prices.
#13 - Mines, Minerals and Men
Season 1974 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/22/1974
Horizon explores the technological and economic reasons for the mining revival in Britain.
#14 - The Immigrant Doctors
Season 1974 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/15/1974
In this episode, Horizon reports on the rising number of imigrant doctors working in the National Health System of Britain.
#15 - The Race for the Double Helix
Season 1974 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/8/1974
This documentary of Horizon reports on the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 by Dr. Francis Crick and Prof. James Watson.
#16 - Hills of Promise
Season 1974 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/1/1974
In this report, Horizon presents the state of hill farming in Wales.
#17 - A Matter of Self-Defense
Season 1974 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1974
This episode of Horizon explains how our body fights infections and cancers and brings us up-to-date on recent research in immunology.
#18 - The Secrets of Sleep
Season 1974 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/10/1974
Horizon investigates the subject of sleep in Britain and the USA.
#19 - Search for Life
Season 1974 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/10/1974
Documentary about the origins of life which attempts to find out what happened in the one billion years before fossil evidence begins.
#20 - Bridges: When It Comes to the Crunch
Season 1974 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/3/1974
Horizon reports on bridges in Britain...how safe are they?
#21 - A Noah's Ark for Europe
Season 1974 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/13/1974
Horizon investigates captive animal breeding to prevent extinction of animal species in the wild.
#22 - The Hunting of the Quark
Season 1974 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/1974
This Horizon episode is about the search for quarks, thought to be the substance of which electrons, protons, and neutrons are made of.
#23 - This Yankee Dodge Beats Mesmerism Hollow
Season 1974 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/29/1974
Horizon looks back at the discovery and the development of anesthesia.
#24 - The First Ten Years
Season 1974 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/1974
In this report, Prof. John Maynard Smith looks back at some of the subjects Horizon has presented since 1964.
#25 - Fusion: The Energy Promise
Season 1974 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/1974
In this Horizon episode, we look at attempts by scientists to solve the energy crisis of future by building nuclear fusion reactors.